A lovely photo essay on bicycles
11-12-22, 02:30 PM
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A lovely photo essay on bicycles
So beautiful. Makes me want to ride my bike, if it wasn't raining. 
https://stevemccurry.blog/2022/09/22...est-invention/
https://stevemccurry.blog/2022/09/22...est-invention/
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11-12-22, 02:48 PM
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Nice! Thanks for sharing that.
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11-12-22, 04:51 PM
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Thanks! Enjoyed that. 
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11-12-22, 05:55 PM
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I liked it until I got to, " A crummy commercial", quoting Ralphie Parker.
11-12-22, 06:56 PM
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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing that.
11-12-22, 09:36 PM
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Thank you. My first bike ride of my current life (post head injury) was riding home from the bike shop that been my after hours hangout the season before. Mechanic lent me a 1930 Raleigh DL-1 that could have been in those photos. To ride over 10" of hard packed snow through a shut down Boston after the biggest blizzard of last century. It was absolutely the perfect ride. And I was in love with riding again.
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love those bike racks on the outside of the train car
11-13-22, 10:11 PM
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Awesome, Thanks! Depicted as an essential conveyance, it is a noble device.
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11-14-22, 03:32 PM
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Wow, 10 posts in this thread, and no bickering! Is it a record? 
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11-14-22, 03:58 PM
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Steven McCurry is an amazing photographer. You may not know but he is the National Geographic photographer who took the photo of "The Afghan Girl" many years ago. He immerses himself in his subjects and captures them better than any other photographer alive today, in my opinion. Although the work of Jan Grarup is gripping and intoxicating also. He goes into the hottest of hot spots and captures the moment.
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11-14-22, 04:04 PM
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Steven McCurry is an amazing photographer. You may not know but he is the National Geographic photographer who took the photo of "The Afghan Girl" many years ago. He immerses himself in his subjects and captures them better than any other photographer alive today, in my opinion. Although the work of Jan Grarup is gripping and intoxicating also. He goes into the hottest of hot spots and captures the moment.
McCurry's Afghan Girl:
McCurry's Afghan Girl:
Thanks for posting this.
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So beautiful. Makes me want to ride my bike, if it wasn't raining.
https://stevemccurry.blog/2022/09/22...est-invention/
https://stevemccurry.blog/2022/09/22...est-invention/
11-14-22, 04:11 PM
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Absolutely wonderful photo essay. Thanks for posting.
11-14-22, 04:23 PM
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The photos struck me as similar, somehow, even before I saw your post.
Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for posting this.
11-14-22, 06:55 PM
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We've had zip since spring, so anything that hits dirt disappears; the only runoff is from the streets. Everything's happier. I just wish it wasn't unseasonably cold; it's getting into the 30's F on clear nights. Brrr. /weather tangent
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11-16-22, 06:49 AM
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Thank you. That was lovely. I'll share it with friends.
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Steven McCurry is an amazing photographer. You may not know but he is the National Geographic photographer who took the photo of "The Afghan Girl" many years ago. He immerses himself in his subjects and captures them better than any other photographer alive today, in my opinion. Although the work of Jan Grarup is gripping and intoxicating also. He goes into the hottest of hot spots and captures the moment.
McCurry's Afghan Girl:
McCurry's Afghan Girl:
She resurfaced in 2014 and eventually got to Italy as a refugee.
Here she is in 2002
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12-04-22, 02:37 PM
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You might have better luck picking a fight over who invented the bicycle. 
